One portion of Lotter’s latest motion focused on what the court termed his “LB 268” claim, referring to the 2015 bill passed by the Legislature ending the death penalty in Nebraska. That law was later ...

Nebraska death-row inmate David Dunster says he should get a new trial because he was under the influence of prescription medication when he pleaded guilty to the 1997 strangulation death of his ...

Change the hearts and minds of everyday citizens about the death penalty and chances improve that Nebraska's legislators will eventually change their minds and vote to repeal the state's death penalty ...

OMAHA — Faith leaders gathered at the Omaha Press Club Wednesday morning to speak out against the death penalty and in favor of legislation to repeal it, LB268, introduced by state Sen. Ernie Chambers ...

Lawmakers in Nebraska overrode Gov. Pete Ricketts' veto of their vote to repeal the death penalty, making it the first Republican-controlled state in the U.S. to repeal the death penalty since North ...